Logo: Direzione Generale, Cinema e AudioVisivo.

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catcher friends: cardboard box Boxy, one-eyed alien Kate, red dinosaur Dino, green pigeon Pigi, and unicorn Nina skip around a star.

They sing, WE LOVE GAMES,
PLAYING IS OUR MISSION.
TO FIND GAMES,
WE'RE ON AN EXPEDITION.

Studio Bozzetto and Sardine Productions present, a series created by Andrea Bozzetto, Brank Rakic, Corrado Colleoni in collaboration with Rai Ragazzi.

The Game Catchers sing, WE'RE TRAVELLING AROUND
THE UNIVERSE
IN SEARCH OF FRIENDS
AND FUN.

In space, they fly around a planet in their ships.

The Game Catchers sing, COLLECTING GAMES TO SHARE
WITH EVERYONE.
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS,
CATCHERS,
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS,
CATCHERS.
YEAH!

They return to headquarters and meet multi-armed blue haired Mr. Moustache.

They cheer, GOOD MORNING!

Startled, Mr. Moustache jumps out of his seat.

He says, OH! GOOD MORNING!

[Mr. Moustache chuckling]

Title, The Game Catchers.

A Game Catcher reads the episode title.

They say, A BURST OF COLOUR!

Written by Penelope Laurence.

[Gentle music plays]

In the game machine room at Game Catchers headquarters, Pigi wears a beret and moustache. The other Game Catchers watch him paint a canvas on an easel. Dino holds a tray of paint.

[Pigi cooing]

Dino says, HERE ARE YOUR COLOURS,
MAESTRO.

Pigi dips his paint in each of the paint colours, green, blue, yellow and red as he continues painting. Paint splatters off the brush and canvas.

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi’s eyes widen as he looks at the canvas, which has an abstract painting of himself.

The other Game Catchers say, WOW! IT'S WONDERFUL!

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi looks at the painting thoughtfully.

The others say, IT'S A MASTERPIECE,
DINO!

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi looks back at Dino, who is splattered in paint.

Dino says, OH!

[Dino laughing]

Dino says, I LOOK GREAT!

Pigi frowns.

[Annoyed cooing]

Mr. Moustache runs over and says, GAME CATCHERS!
I'VE FOUND A PLANET
WITH GAME TRACES!

Dino, Boxy, Nina and Kate say, COMING!

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi abandons his beret and moustache and joins his friends. At the game machine, Boxy points to the computer on the machine.

He says, IT'S ALL BLACK AND WHITE.
WHERE ARE THE GAME TRACES?

The computer shows a black and white planet.

Someone says, I'M COMING FOR YOU!

[Laughing]

Mr. Moustache says, HEY, LISTEN!

On the computer, someone says, AH-HA!

Someone else says, MISSED ME!

Another says, MY TURN!

Boxy says, CHILDREN PLAYING!

Mr. Moustache says, YES. CHILDREN PLAYING GAMES!
READY TO GO?

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!
THERE'S A NEW GAME TO CATCH!
GO!

They fly out of headquarters in their ships.

[Upbeat music plays]

The Game Catchers sing, LET'S TAKE OFF
EXPLORING,
THROUGH SPACE OUR SHIP
IS SOARING,
AS WE SEARCH FOR GAMES
AND NEW FRIENDS.

[Tires screeching]

[Music stops]

The Game Catchers stop at a red light.

[Bell dinging]

A brown bear wearing a space helmet over their bike helmet peddles by on a tricycle, then the light the light turns green.

[Upbeat music continues]

The Game Catchers sing, WE DO LOVE EXPLORING,
WE NEVER FIND IT BORING,
TOURING GALAXIES
WITHOUT ENDS!

They fly through space.

They sing, OUR UNIVERSE IS
FULL OF GAMES AND FUN!

[Pigi cooing]

The Game Catchers sing, FOR EVERYONE!

[Pigi cooing]

The Game Catchers cheer, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

They fly to the black and white planet and explore together.

Boxy says, HEY, LOOK AT ME!

He leaps over a rock like a frog. Touching the rock, it turns pink.

Boxy says, WHOA!

Nina says, OH!

Boxy says, DID YOU SEE THAT?
I TOUCHED IT,
AND NOW IT'S PINK!

The others say, WOW!

Nina says, I WANT TO TRY IT TOO!

She runs over to a boulder, where three pairs of eyes appear. Nina touches the boulder, and it turns pink.

Nina says, WOW!

The now pink boulder reveals three chameleon-like creatures who are different shades of grey.

Nina says, OH!

The Game Catchers say, HELLO!

The chameleon creatures say, HELLO!
WHO ARE YOU?

Nina says, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

Boxy says, AND WE GO FROM
PLANET TO PLANET...

Kate and Pigi say, ...TO LEARN...

[Pigi cooing]

Dino says, ...NEW GAMES!

The medium grey chameleon says, THAT'S GREAT!
OUR FAVOURITE GAME
IS HUNTERS AND PREY!

Boxy says, OH, HOW NICE!
CAN WE PLAY?

The darkest grey chameleon says, SURE! BUT FIRST,
HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

The three chameleon’s glance at the now pink boulder.

The medium grey chameleon says, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

Nina says, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE JUST TOUCH THEM
AND THEY CHANGE COLOUR!

The lightest grey chameleon says, OH. IT WOULD BE NICE
IF EVERYTHING WAS COLOURFUL!

Dino says, YAY! LET'S COLOUR EVERYTHING!

The other Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

[Upbeat music plays]

Dino touches a tree, turning it pink.

[Dino giggling]

Dino leans on a rock as he jumps over it, turning it red.

He says, WOAH!

He touches another tree, turning it blue.

He says, HA-HA!

Nina and boxy touch a boulder, turning it purple.

They say, AH!

Pigi and Boxy turn rocks different colours.

[Pigi cooing excitedly]

[Boxy laughing]

[Nina panting]

Nina jumps and turns a tree purple.

[Nina sighing]

Dino slides across the ground on his knees, turning it green.

Dino cheers, WHOO!

[Dino laughing]

With her arm stretched high into the sky, Kate turns clouds green.

[Kate giggling]

The ground turns green under Kate’s feet. Slowly, the entire black and white planet becomes colourful.

The black and white chameleon creatures say, WOW!
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

The dark grey chameleon asks, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE US
MORE COLOURFUL?

Nina says, I CAN TRY. GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

She takes the dark grey chameleon’s hand, and he turns green.

[Nina giggling]

The now green chameleon says, WOW!

Kate turns the light grey chameleon yellow, and Pigi turns the medium grey chameleon blue.

The Yellow and Blue chameleons say, OH! COOL!

The Green chameleon says, HOW NICE!
THANK YOU!

Kate says, NOW CAN WE PLEASE PLAY
HUNTERS AND PREY?

The three chameleons say, YES!

The Yellow chameleon says, IT'S EASY TO PLAY.
WE FIRST DRAW A CIRCLE.

[Upbeat music plays]

Dino draws a large circle in the ground using a stick.

The Yellow chameleon continues, THEN, WE DIVIDE INTO TWO TEAMS.
ONE TEAM, THE PREY,
IS INSIDE THE CIRCLE.

The Prey team, the Yellow chameleon, Nina, Green chameleon and Kate stand in the circle.

The Yellow chameleon explains, THE OTHER, TEAM HUNTER,
STARTS OUTSIDE.
HUNTERS MUST ENTER
ONE AT A TIME INTO THE CIRCLE,
TRYING TO CATCH THE PREY,
BUT WHILE HOPPING
ON ONE FOOT.

Inside the circle, Dino hops on one foot.

Nina says, OH!

She and the other Prey run away from Dino.

[Nina panting]

Dino chases Nina to the edge of the circle.

He says, HAHA! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!

He puts his other foot down.

The Yellow chameleon says, IF A HUNTER PUTS
TWO FEET DOWN, THEY'RE OUT!

[Buzzer]

Nina says, HA, YOU'RE OUT, DINO!

Dino groans, AWW!

The Yellow chameleon adds, AND THEY'RE REPLACED
BY ANOTHER HUNTER.

The Blue chameleon hops into the circle on one foot and tags the Green chameleon.

The Green chameleon says, OH!

The Blue chameleon says, GOTCHA!

The Green chameleon groans, AWW!

They leave the circle. Still hopping on one foot, the Blue chameleon chases, then tags the Yellow chameleon.

The Blue chameleon says, GOTCHA!

The Yellow chameleon says, OH!

Nina skips away from the Blue chameleon. Kate glances at Nina.

She says, I WILL SAVE YOU, NINA!

She stretches her arms toward Nina.

[Nina panting]

Nina trips on a rock and falls with the Blue chameleon close behind.

[Nina yelping]

Kate wiggles her hands in front of the Blue chameleon.

The Blue chameleon says, OH!

Kate says, HEY, THERE!

The Blue chameleon turns around toward Kate.

The Yellow chameleon explains, PREY MUST STAY INSIDE
THE CIRCLE OR THEY'RE OUT.

Kate steps backward, out of the circle.

[Buzzer]

Kate sighs, AW...

The Blue chameleon says, YOU'RE OUT!

[Nina laughing]

Nina cheers, I'M THE LAST ONE!

The Yellow chameleon says, WHEN ALL THE PLAYERS
OF ONE TEAM ARE OUT,
THE OTHER TEAM WINS!

Nina looks around.

She says, WHERE SHOULD I GO?
ABOVE? UNDER? OVER HERE?
MAYBE THERE?

The Blue chameleon tags Nina.

The Blue chameleon says, GOTCHA!

Nina frowns.

The Blue chameleon cheers, HURRAY!

The Prey team cheers, YAY!
WE WON!

Everyone cheers, LET'S PLAY AGAIN!

During a new game, Boxy chases the Yellow chameleon, Green chameleon, Nina and Pigi inside the circle on one foot.

[Upbeat music continues]

[Laughing]

Boxy wobbles on one foot as the Prey team runs back and forth .

He says, HMM?

He stands in the tree pose with his raised foot against his other leg and his hands together. He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes.

[Boxy letting out his breath]

The Prey team says, OH!

Nina says, BOXY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

She walks over to Boxy.

[Serene music plays]

Nina says, HUH?

Boxy tags Nina.

He says, GOTCHA.

[Boxy giggling]

[Nina laughing]

Nina says, YOU TRICKED ME!

Alone with Dino, the Blue chameleon hops on one foot after Dino.

Dino says, CAN'T CATCH ME!

He dodges the Blue chameleon’s reach.

He yelps, OH!

He ducks out of reach and falls.

He yelps, AH!

The Blue chameleon yelps, WHOA! AH!

Stumbling, they put their foot down.

[Dino gasping]

[Dino laughing]

Dino cheers, WHOO-HOO!

The other Prey team members, Kate, Nina and the Yellow chameleon, join Dino in the circle.

Dino cheers TEAM PREY WINS!

His teammates cheer, YAY!

Later, Kate says, THANKS SO MUCH
FOR PLAYING WITH US!
THAT WAS SUPER FUN!

The Yellow chameleon says, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING
OUR PLANET SO COLOURFUL!

Everyone says, BYE!

The chameleons wave as the Game Catchers leave.

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet.

[Beeping]

Kate says, WE PLAYED HUNTERS AND PREY!

In the game machine room, Mr. Moustache works on the game machine computer.

Boxy says, AND THE HUNTERS HAD
TO HOP ON ONE FOOT!
IT WASN'T EASY!

Dino says, BUT MY TEAM WON!

[Dino laughing]

Mr. Moustache says, SOUNDS WONDERFUL!

He glances at the game machine.

He says, HERE COMES THE GAME SPHERE!

[Whirring]

The claw game-like machine fills a sphere with a green light and memories of the Hunters and Prey game.

[Triumphant music plays]

The game machine pops the sphere out like a gumball onto a stand.

[Nina squealing]

In the archive room, Mr. Moustache puts the game sphere on a shelf among others.

He says, CONGRATULATIONS,
GAME CATCHERS,
ON CATCHING A WONDERFUL
NEW GAME!

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi puts his beret and fake moustache on.

Kate says, YOU'RE RIGHT, PIGI.
WE WERE GREAT
AT COLOURING THEIR PLANET
LIKE REAL ARTISTS!

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

Logos: Direzione Generale, Cinema e AudioVisivo.
Studio Bozzetto & Co.
Sardine Productions.